PECO FOOD'S POULTRY HATCHERY

An employee was holding birds that were being vaccinated when the vaccination gun injected his left middle finger.

An employee was cleaning the surgery area when they were stuck by an unused suture needle that was left on the sink. The employee was hospitalized with a bacterial infection.

An employee was performing a heart stick/blood draw on an animal before euthanasia, using an 18 gauge needle with syringe. The infected needle came out of the animal and stuck the employee on his left thumb.

An employee was vaccinating poultry at a farm. A bird suddenly jumped, causing the employee to be injected with a poultry vaccine.

An employee was about to inject a vaccine into a chicken when the chicken struggled and the employee injected the vaccine into her own wrist.

An employee was removing nitrogen from a system when a tool malfunctioned and a Schrader pin hit the employee's hand and nitrogen gas got under the skin on the employee's left arm and hand.

On July 23, 2025, at 8:00 a.m., an employee was power washing. He went to retrieve a power-washing tip from the machine's fan while it was in operation and the fan blade contacted his right index finger, severing it at the distal joint.

An employee was pulling two separate egg racks when the wheels of the front rack locked, causing the second rack to crush his thumb between both of the racks. The employee sustained an amputation to the tip of the right thumb.

An employee was in the pump room troubleshooting a pump. He unscrewed the top panel of the pump and inadvertently hit the toggle switch that activated the pump. The internal belt caught his right index finger, causing a laceration that resulted in a partial surgical amputation.

An employee was attaching a winch hook to a chick pallet. The winch was activated via remote control and pinched the employee's left index fingertip between the hook and pallet resulting in amputation.

An employee was repairing a water pump on a lawn mower. He replaced the water pump and thermometer and then went to test drive it. The mower started running hot, so he brought it back to the shop and opened the hood on the mower. The radiator overflowed the bottle, the lid blew off, and hot coolant sprayed the employee's face, eyes, and neck. The employee was hospitalized for burns.

An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

On October 25, 2025, an employee was stringing up a new reel of tire tread on a machine. The employee pulled a 6-inch tail and proceeded to spool up the liner. As the machine was jogged to begin the liner wrapping process, the liner caught the employee's glove and pulled their right arm into the liner, causing a fracture to the arm.

An employee was doing a cable change on top of an electric overhead traveling (EOT) crane. They were positioned between the cable drum and the drive shaft. While rotating the cable drum, the employee reached for the new cable that was to be installed. The grease fitting on the drive shaft caught their fall harness and pulled them underneath the drive shaft. The employee was pinned between the drive shaft and two pieces of angle steel, resulting in a fracture to their left hip.

An employee was helping two other employees to push a pallet of tile on a loading dock. He suffered a broken fibula and was hospitalized.

On October 5, 2025, an employee was pulling a pressure washer hose when it it disconnected from the cooker. The employee was struck by jets of high-pressure water, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.